Holly's Hill Vineyards

Holly's Hill Vineyards
3680 Leisure Lane
Placerville, California
USA 95667
Phone: (530) 344-0227
http://www.hollyshill.com/

Contact: Tom Cooper
Email: [email protected]

Holly's Hill, a serene retreat in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, has planted its vineyards exclusively to the varieties of France's Rhone Valley. A true family winery, Holly's daughter and son-in-law artfully craft small batches of distinctive wines from these carefully managed vines.
Although the winery is in California, Holly's Hill wines have a distinctive French flair. New oak and big fruit bombs are not the hallmark. Instead, emphasis is placed on the fruit itself and interventions throughout the aging process are infrequent and minor. Only French oak is used and preferably neutral barrels without the vanilla, astringency and tannins of new barrels. Carrie and Josh also use larger volume casks as it has been done in the Rhone Valley of France for centuries. The wines are only racked if needed allowing for further concentrations of flavors to develop from the lees at the bottom of the barrels. White wines generally spend about six months in barrels and reds eleven months. Syrah on the other hand ages for up to two years before bottling. The Patriarche blend is the first wine put together each year getting only the best lots of estate fruit.

Winemaker: Carrie Bendick

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